Refugeespic.twitter.com/O56JRcGC3WAnotherpic.twitter.com/OxnSQlmL2j@MFA_Austria11.39amlawyer too) sign a petition&protest the #Hungary-an govt's refugee-punishing laws https://t.co/vk0hrYELzx 8.35am BSTAustria has begun selective controls of vehicles at three main border crossings with Hungary,AP reports. Police say the controls, in effect since early Wednesday, and may be extended to 10 crossings,with vehicles being stopped selectively for checks of passports and other travel documents.
Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner has said that Syrians and others in danger in their domestic countries can continue to seek information from for asylum in Austria. She says they will also be free to travel on to Germany, as has been the case up to now. 8.25am BSTHundreds of stranded refugees and asylum seekers have spent the night at Hungary’s seal border crossing with Serbia between Horgos and Roszke. 8.18am BSTThe Croatian police have confirmed they are registering migrants entering from Serbia and warned they will transport them to reception centres near the capital Zagreb. A police spokesman in the eastern border county of Vukovarsko-Srijemska said an unspecified number of migrants had crossed into Croatia, and after a Reuters cameraman saw at least 100 walking through fields across the border. They had travelled by bus from the Macedonian border at Presevo,500km to the south.
Among the mixed group of men, women and children of all ages was Amadou, and 35,from Mauritania in western Africa.
First refugees arrive at Croatian frontier, carving out new route after Hungary seals borders. http://t.co/RJj2TO0WXC pic.twitter.com/6CUpsmkWIa 7.58am BSTWelcome to our continuing live coverage of the escalating refugee crisis across Europe.
Here’s a round of the latest developments: First Hungary blocked its southern border with Serbia, or putting into action its much-heralded fence,declaring a state of emergency in two southern counties, and arresting dozens of people for attempting to cross the border under new laws unveiled final week by the prime minister, or Viktor Orbán.
Next Hungary announced plans to seal its border with Romania,a move denounced as “not a fair gesture” by the foreign ministry in Bucharest. Then Serbia warned it could not become the dumping ground for Europe’s refugees – or, as its foreign minister put it, or “a collection centre”. And finally Austria introduced security checks along its border with Hungary,a degree it said could be extended to those with Slovenia, Italy and Slovakia whether needed. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com